AAR CORP (AIR) Stock Fundamental Analysis

NYSE:AIR • US0003611052

112.98 USD
-0.24 (-0.21%)
At close: Feb 13, 2026
112.31 USD
-0.67 (-0.59%)
After Hours: 2/13/2026, 8:04:00 PM
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Fundamental Rating

5

AIR gets a fundamental rating of 5 out of 10. The analysis compared the fundamentals against 73 industry peers in the Aerospace & Defense industry. AIR has only an average score on both its financial health and profitability. AIR is showing excellent growth while it is valued at reasonable prices. Keep and eye on this one!


Dividend Valuation Growth Profitability Health

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1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

  • In the past year AIR was profitable.
  • AIR had a positive operating cash flow in the past year.
  • In the past 5 years AIR has always been profitable.
  • AIR had a positive operating cash flow in each of the past 5 years.
AIR Yearly Net Income VS EBIT VS OCF VS FCFAIR Yearly Net Income VS EBIT VS OCF VS FCFYearly Net Income VS EBIT VS OCF VS FCF 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 0 100M 200M

1.2 Ratios

  • The Return On Assets of AIR (2.90%) is comparable to the rest of the industry.
  • AIR has a Return On Equity (6.03%) which is comparable to the rest of the industry.
  • AIR has a Return On Invested Capital of 8.32%. This is in the better half of the industry: AIR outperforms 71.23% of its industry peers.
  • AIR had an Average Return On Invested Capital over the past 3 years of 7.36%. This is in line with the industry average of 8.72%.
  • The 3 year average ROIC (7.36%) for AIR is below the current ROIC(8.32%), indicating increased profibility in the last year.
Industry RankSector Rank
ROA 2.9%
ROE 6.03%
ROIC 8.32%
ROA(3y)2.32%
ROA(5y)2.84%
ROE(3y)4.33%
ROE(5y)4.83%
ROIC(3y)7.36%
ROIC(5y)6.95%
AIR Yearly ROA, ROE, ROICAIR Yearly ROA, ROE, ROICYearly ROA, ROE, ROIC 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2 4 6 8

1.3 Margins

  • AIR has a Profit Margin (3.17%) which is in line with its industry peers.
  • AIR's Profit Margin has improved in the last couple of years.
  • AIR has a Operating Margin (9.40%) which is comparable to the rest of the industry.
  • In the last couple of years the Operating Margin of AIR has grown nicely.
  • AIR's Gross Margin of 19.29% is on the low side compared to the rest of the industry. AIR is outperformed by 63.01% of its industry peers.
  • AIR's Gross Margin has improved in the last couple of years.
Industry RankSector Rank
OM 9.4%
PM (TTM) 3.17%
GM 19.29%
OM growth 3Y14.65%
OM growth 5Y34.25%
PM growth 3Y-52.86%
PM growth 5Y16.72%
GM growth 3Y3.32%
GM growth 5Y7.87%
AIR Yearly Profit, Operating, Gross MarginsAIR Yearly Profit, Operating, Gross MarginsYearly Profit, Operating, Gross Margins 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 5 10 15

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

  • With a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) below the Cost of Capital (WACC), AIR is destroying value.
  • The number of shares outstanding for AIR has been increased compared to 1 year ago.
  • The number of shares outstanding for AIR has been increased compared to 5 years ago.
  • AIR has a better debt/assets ratio than last year.
AIR Yearly Shares OutstandingAIR Yearly Shares OutstandingYearly Shares Outstanding 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 10M 20M 30M
AIR Yearly Total Debt VS Total AssetsAIR Yearly Total Debt VS Total AssetsYearly Total Debt VS Total Assets 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 500M 1B 1.5B 2B 2.5B

2.2 Solvency

  • AIR has an Altman-Z score of 3.65. This indicates that AIR is financially healthy and has little risk of bankruptcy at the moment.
  • Looking at the Altman-Z score, with a value of 3.65, AIR is in line with its industry, outperforming 49.32% of the companies in the same industry.
  • A Debt/Equity ratio of 0.61 indicates that AIR is somewhat dependend on debt financing.
  • AIR has a worse Debt to Equity ratio (0.61) than 64.38% of its industry peers.
Industry RankSector Rank
Debt/Equity 0.61
Debt/FCF N/A
Altman-Z 3.65
ROIC/WACC0.85
WACC9.84%
AIR Yearly LT Debt VS Equity VS FCFAIR Yearly LT Debt VS Equity VS FCFYearly LT Debt VS Equity VS FCF 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 0 200M 400M 600M 800M 1B

2.3 Liquidity

  • AIR has a Current Ratio of 2.84. This indicates that AIR is financially healthy and has no problem in meeting its short term obligations.
  • AIR has a Current ratio of 2.84. This is comparable to the rest of the industry: AIR outperforms 57.53% of its industry peers.
  • A Quick Ratio of 1.31 indicates that AIR should not have too much problems paying its short term obligations.
  • AIR has a Quick ratio (1.31) which is in line with its industry peers.
Industry RankSector Rank
Current Ratio 2.84
Quick Ratio 1.31
AIR Yearly Current Assets VS Current LiabilitesAIR Yearly Current Assets VS Current LiabilitesYearly Current Assets VS Current Liabilites 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 500M 1B 1.5B

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

  • The Earnings Per Share has grown by an impressive 26.72% over the past year.
  • The Earnings Per Share has been growing by 12.75% on average over the past years. This is quite good.
  • The Revenue has grown by 15.40% in the past year. This is quite good.
  • The Revenue has been growing slightly by 6.06% on average over the past years.
EPS 1Y (TTM)26.72%
EPS 3Y17.57%
EPS 5Y12.75%
EPS Q2Q%31.11%
Revenue 1Y (TTM)15.4%
Revenue growth 3Y15.17%
Revenue growth 5Y6.06%
Sales Q2Q%15.92%

3.2 Future

  • Based on estimates for the next years, AIR will show a quite strong growth in Earnings Per Share. The EPS will grow by 15.83% on average per year.
  • Based on estimates for the next years, AIR will show a quite strong growth in Revenue. The Revenue will grow by 9.49% on average per year.
EPS Next Y21.85%
EPS Next 2Y19.38%
EPS Next 3Y18.26%
EPS Next 5Y15.83%
Revenue Next Year18.09%
Revenue Next 2Y14.24%
Revenue Next 3Y11.42%
Revenue Next 5Y9.49%

3.3 Evolution

  • When comparing the EPS growth rate of the last years to the growth rate of the upcoming years, we see that the growth is accelerating.
  • The Revenue growth rate is accelerating: in the next years the growth will be better than in the last years.
AIR Yearly Revenue VS EstimatesAIR Yearly Revenue VS EstimatesYearly Revenue VS Estimates 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 1B 2B 3B 4B
AIR Yearly EPS VS EstimatesAIR Yearly EPS VS EstimatesYearly EPS VS Estimates 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2 4 6 8

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

  • The Price/Earnings ratio is 25.62, which means the current valuation is very expensive for AIR.
  • AIR's Price/Earnings ratio is rather cheap when compared to the industry. AIR is cheaper than 89.04% of the companies in the same industry.
  • AIR is valuated at similar levels of the S&P average when we compare the Price/Earnings ratio to 26.68, which is the current average of the S&P500 Index.
  • With a Price/Forward Earnings ratio of 20.33, AIR is valued on the expensive side.
  • Compared to the rest of the industry, the Price/Forward Earnings ratio of AIR indicates a rather cheap valuation: AIR is cheaper than 94.52% of the companies listed in the same industry.
  • The average S&P500 Price/Forward Earnings ratio is at 28.06. AIR is valued slightly cheaper when compared to this.
Industry RankSector Rank
PE 25.62
Fwd PE 20.33
AIR Price Earnings VS Forward Price EarningsAIR Price Earnings VS Forward Price Earnings ChartPrice Earnings - Forward Price Earnings PE FPE 20 40 60 80

4.2 Price Multiples

  • Compared to the rest of the industry, the Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio of AIR indicates a rather cheap valuation: AIR is cheaper than 87.67% of the companies listed in the same industry.
Industry RankSector Rank
P/FCF N/A
EV/EBITDA 15.91
AIR Per share dataAIR EPS, Sales, OCF, FCF, BookValue per sharePer Share Data Per Share 0 20 40 60

4.3 Compensation for Growth

  • The PEG Ratio(NY), which compensates the Price/Earnings for growth, indicates a correct valuation of the company.
  • AIR has a very decent profitability rating, which may justify a higher PE ratio.
  • AIR's earnings are expected to grow with 18.26% in the coming years. This may justify a more expensive valuation.
PEG (NY)1.17
PEG (5Y)2.01
EPS Next 2Y19.38%
EPS Next 3Y18.26%

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

  • AIR does not give a dividend.
Industry RankSector Rank
Dividend Yield 0%

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AAR CORP

NYSE:AIR (2/13/2026, 8:04:00 PM)

After market: 112.31 -0.67 (-0.59%)

112.98

-0.24 (-0.21%)

Chartmill FA Rating
GICS SectorIndustrials
GICS IndustryGroupCapital Goods
GICS IndustryAerospace & Defense
Earnings (Last)01-06
Earnings (Next)03-25
Inst Owners97.11%
Inst Owner Change-86.14%
Ins Owners1.93%
Ins Owner Change-3.78%
Market Cap4.47B
Revenue(TTM)2.97B
Net Income(TTM)94.10M
Analysts81.67
Price Target107.83 (-4.56%)
Short Float %3.59%
Short Ratio2.88
Dividend
Industry RankSector Rank
Dividend Yield 0%
Yearly DividendN/A
Dividend Growth(5Y)N/A
DP0%
Div Incr Years0
Div Non Decr Years0
Ex-DateN/A
Surprises & Revisions
EPS beat(2)2
Avg EPS beat(2)10.81%
Min EPS beat(2)8.56%
Max EPS beat(2)13.06%
EPS beat(4)4
Avg EPS beat(4)9.37%
Min EPS beat(4)1.68%
Max EPS beat(4)14.17%
EPS beat(8)8
Avg EPS beat(8)6.16%
EPS beat(12)12
Avg EPS beat(12)5.88%
EPS beat(16)16
Avg EPS beat(16)5.63%
Revenue beat(2)2
Avg Revenue beat(2)4.72%
Min Revenue beat(2)3.12%
Max Revenue beat(2)6.33%
Revenue beat(4)3
Avg Revenue beat(4)3.22%
Min Revenue beat(4)-3.93%
Max Revenue beat(4)7.38%
Revenue beat(8)5
Avg Revenue beat(8)1.93%
Revenue beat(12)8
Avg Revenue beat(12)2.36%
Revenue beat(16)11
Avg Revenue beat(16)2.07%
PT rev (1m)6.29%
PT rev (3m)21.41%
EPS NQ rev (1m)-0.19%
EPS NQ rev (3m)4.62%
EPS NY rev (1m)5.38%
EPS NY rev (3m)5.07%
Revenue NQ rev (1m)0.05%
Revenue NQ rev (3m)9.97%
Revenue NY rev (1m)0.25%
Revenue NY rev (3m)6.82%
Valuation
Industry RankSector Rank
PE 25.62
Fwd PE 20.33
P/S 1.51
P/FCF N/A
P/OCF 3193.3
P/B 2.86
P/tB 6.27
EV/EBITDA 15.91
EPS(TTM)4.41
EY3.9%
EPS(NY)5.56
Fwd EY4.92%
FCF(TTM)-0.84
FCFYN/A
OCF(TTM)0.04
OCFY0.03%
SpS75
BVpS39.45
TBVpS18.03
PEG (NY)1.17
PEG (5Y)2.01
Graham Number62.57
Profitability
Industry RankSector Rank
ROA 2.9%
ROE 6.03%
ROCE 10.53%
ROIC 8.32%
ROICexc 8.56%
ROICexgc 12.77%
OM 9.4%
PM (TTM) 3.17%
GM 19.29%
FCFM N/A
ROA(3y)2.32%
ROA(5y)2.84%
ROE(3y)4.33%
ROE(5y)4.83%
ROIC(3y)7.36%
ROIC(5y)6.95%
ROICexc(3y)7.68%
ROICexc(5y)7.26%
ROICexgc(3y)10.94%
ROICexgc(5y)9.53%
ROCE(3y)9.32%
ROCE(5y)8.8%
ROICexgc growth 3Y18.86%
ROICexgc growth 5Y36.52%
ROICexc growth 3Y7.16%
ROICexc growth 5Y28.07%
OM growth 3Y14.65%
OM growth 5Y34.25%
PM growth 3Y-52.86%
PM growth 5Y16.72%
GM growth 3Y3.32%
GM growth 5Y7.87%
F-Score7
Asset Turnover0.92
Health
Industry RankSector Rank
Debt/Equity 0.61
Debt/FCF N/A
Debt/EBITDA 2.83
Cap/Depr 60.38%
Cap/Sales 1.17%
Interest Coverage 3.73
Cash Conversion 0.42%
Profit Quality N/A
Current Ratio 2.84
Quick Ratio 1.31
Altman-Z 3.65
F-Score7
WACC9.84%
ROIC/WACC0.85
Cap/Depr(3y)80.23%
Cap/Depr(5y)64.82%
Cap/Sales(3y)1.34%
Cap/Sales(5y)1.13%
Profit Quality(3y)N/A
Profit Quality(5y)N/A
High Growth Momentum
Growth
EPS 1Y (TTM)26.72%
EPS 3Y17.57%
EPS 5Y12.75%
EPS Q2Q%31.11%
EPS Next Y21.85%
EPS Next 2Y19.38%
EPS Next 3Y18.26%
EPS Next 5Y15.83%
Revenue 1Y (TTM)15.4%
Revenue growth 3Y15.17%
Revenue growth 5Y6.06%
Sales Q2Q%15.92%
Revenue Next Year18.09%
Revenue Next 2Y14.24%
Revenue Next 3Y11.42%
Revenue Next 5Y9.49%
EBIT growth 1Y65.62%
EBIT growth 3Y32.05%
EBIT growth 5Y42.38%
EBIT Next Year50.8%
EBIT Next 3Y23.82%
EBIT Next 5Y18.95%
FCF growth 1Y-217.73%
FCF growth 3Y-71.08%
FCF growth 5YN/A
OCF growth 1Y-97.72%
OCF growth 3Y-21.7%
OCF growth 5YN/A

AAR CORP / AIR FAQ

What is the ChartMill fundamental rating of AAR CORP (AIR) stock?

ChartMill assigns a fundamental rating of 5 / 10 to AIR.


What is the valuation status of AAR CORP (AIR) stock?

ChartMill assigns a valuation rating of 5 / 10 to AAR CORP (AIR). This can be considered as Fairly Valued.


Can you provide the profitability details for AAR CORP?

AAR CORP (AIR) has a profitability rating of 6 / 10.


How financially healthy is AAR CORP?

The financial health rating of AAR CORP (AIR) is 4 / 10.


What is the expected EPS growth for AAR CORP (AIR) stock?

The Earnings per Share (EPS) of AAR CORP (AIR) is expected to grow by 21.85% in the next year.